Thesaurus results for ASSIGNATION

assignation

noun

ˌa-sig-ˈnā-shən

as in appointment

an agreement to be present at a specified time and place a midnight assignation between adulterers at a downtown hotel

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Recent Examples of assignation In a strong scene that points to the cold remove of the moneyed class from those living on the poverty line, Lynette meets married family man Scott at the hotel where their assignations take place. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025 Oh, also, that little assignation takes place during Talleyrand’s engagement party, which swiftly segues into a massive pansexual orgy, as such events so often do! —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025 What begins as an anonymous assignation in a dark park becomes a serious relationship. —

Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 May 2025 Taylor was booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday and was charged with negligent child abuse without bodily harm and soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for assignation

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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
What looks at first like a cooking class, is actually a doctor's appointment designed to help children and families build real-life skills around food and health.

— Breana Pitts, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026